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'Resident Evil Requiem' Leak Reveals Leon's New Look, Claims He's the Main Character

A new leak involving Resident Evil Requiem shows off a new look for Leon Kennedy, with leakers also claiming he's the main character.

Player One

The most popular Resident Evil character won’t be in new film adaptation, director says

The movie will be "entirely original."

Destructoid

Weapons director Zach Cregger says his Resident Evil movie is "very Zach" and "an entirely original story" that leaves what you love about the games "in tact," except maybe Leon Kennedy: "I don't think fans of the games are gonna be bummed"

"I'm not gonna steal Leon and put him in an original story. I think that would be presumptuous"

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Resident Evil Requiem monsters will throw furniture at you, which isn't even scary, it's rude

Resident Evil 9 takes jump scares to a whole new level

GamesRadar

Resident Evil Requiem's new trailer makes a great case for Grace Ashcroft, not boring old Leon Kennedy, being the anxiety-riddled hero we need for the series' scariest entry yet

Opinion | Horror is less horrifying when you're hot and cool and unstoppable

GamesRadar

Weapons director Zach Cregger's Resident Evil could be a Resident Evil movie in name alone as he says the cast will be "outside the characters of the games"

The Weapons director is a huge fan of the games and says his Resident Evil will be a "love letter" to the horror series

Total Film

Resident Evil's hench Duolingo owl is the weirdest gaming crossover yet

I hope you've done your language class.

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Microsoft, EA, and other publishers should give up on artificial intelligence: We peaked 21 years ago, when Resident Evil 4 devs were thrilled AI enemies could think "like a smart person" by using "weapons, of course"

Chainsaws? I think you mean "undeniable genius"

GamesRadar

Resident Evil names "AI-first" affront to humanity Duolingo bird its newest biological weapon, making it canon that Leon Kennedy has only learned Spanish by force

He's green and holding me hostage

GamesRadar

I've been playing Resident Evil games for 25 years – Resident Evil Requiem doesn't need Leon Kennedy

Opinion | I hope Capcom wasn't lying when it said Leon isn't the main character of Resident Evil 9: Grace Ashcroft could be an icon in the making

GamesRadar

Cronos: The New Dawn's sci-fi survival horror channels RE4 and Dead Space, but it took Bloober awhile to realize it 'subconsciously' is also a game about Covid

After Silent Hill 2, Bloober is returning to its roots with a Kraków-set horror game dripping with Soviet paranoia.

PC Gamer

Resident Evil fans are convinced Leon Kennedy's sharper jawline at age 27 compared to 21 is a powerful example of how trauma ages a person, and now I'm insecure about being 26

Am I… old?

GamesRadar

I don't care what Capcom says, Leon not being in Resident Evil Requiem makes no sense

Opinion | Yes, I think Leon will be Grace Ashcroft's dad in RE9 and you can't change my mind

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'No one wants to see Leon scared': Resident Evil 9 Requiem director admits that Leon Kennedy is just too cool to be the protagonist of a horror game

Leon would just make a snarky remark and flip out of the way.

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'Resident Evil Requiem' Devs Reveal Leon Kennedy Was Supposedly the Lead: Here's Why He Isn't

Resident Evil Requiem was close to making Leon Kennedy its lead, but the developers explain why they decided against it.

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Resident Evil Requiem director says Leon Kennedy is "quite a bad match for horror," and that's why he's totally, 100% not in the game even a little bit

Uh huh

PC Gamer

Resident Evil 9 Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi confirms Grace Ashcroft as the 'brand new lead character' but I'm still not convinced Leon Kennedy won't pop up out of somewhere

I'll believe it when I see it.

GamesRadar

Capcom says Resident Evil Requiem's Grace Ashcroft is "the new main character," which I'm sure will totally stop everyone from theorizing it's secretly Leon Kennedy

But could there still be more than one main character?

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Resident Evil Requiem's behind-closed-doors demo was weirdly boring, but it's got me donning a tin foil hat and joining the 'Leon's back' chants

Capcom's demo was uncharacteristically dull—what is it holding back on?

PC Gamer

The 10 best games of Summer Game Fest 2025

Our favourite announcements and reveals from another whirlwind weekend.

PC Gamer

Move over Ashcroft, Resident Evil 9 will have its T-virus poster boy back in the limelight according to notable Resi leaker: 'Leon Kennedy is not the only playable character but he is the main character'

Leon's never too far away from the action.

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Resident Evil Requiem introduces a new lead with a dark link to Raccoon City

The first glimpse of Resident Evil 9 stole the show.

Windows Central

Resident Evil 9 leak says it was an open-world multiplayer game at first, so I'm glad it allegedly got "a pretty heavy reboot"

A new leak about Resident Evil 9 suggests it was originally going to be an open-world multiplayer title, though it has allegedly been rebooted into something else.

GamesRadar

Resident Evil 2 still deserves its high praise 27 years on, but how did it turn a one-off PS1 success into an unstoppable horror franchise juggernaut?

Feature | In 1998, Capcom returned to the world of survival horror with an ambitious sequel that would propel the Resident Evil series into the stratosphere

PC Gamer

Resident Evil 9 may have been teased in a new RE4 video, and players are having totally normal reactions to it: 'Together at last, like ice cream and pizza'

Time to get my Resi 9 fan screenplay back out.

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